Adding & Modifying a
Product
When adding or modifying a product you are presented with the
same fields and options.
Product Details
Product Status: A product set to In Stock will be visible to
customers. Out of Stock products wont show in categories or
searches (unless “show out of stock products” is set globally). The
product page is still shown when out of stock but with no add to cart
buttons. Setting a product to Inactive is an alternative way to take the
product down from your site without deleting it completely. Inactive
products wont show at all and will return a 404 page not found
warning.
Product Name: This is simply the name of your product.
Product Code: You can use this field for a manufacturers code for
example.
URL Slug: This is only important if you are using friendly urls. The
url slug is a means to provide a more readable and seo friendly url
for the product. For example a standard product url might look
something like http://www.mysite.com/?product=1234567890 and if
you enter an url slug eg. blog/greenwidgets/myarticle the new
friendly url would be
http://www.mysite.com/blog/greenwidgets/myarticle - It is
recommend to settle on a slug and not change it once set. If you
change the slug on an established page then any manually placed
links going to the old friendly url would ideally need to be updated.
Price Net: Enter the price excluding tax. The gross price will
change automatically.
Tax Rate: Select a tax rate for the product.
Price Gross: Enter the price including tax. The net price will
change automatically.
Additional Price Text: Text entered here will appear beside the
product price. If the price actual price is set to zero then only this
text will be shown if entered. Usually this is left blank but you can
use this for special offer text for example or to show a
recommended retail price.
Main Content: This is where you can add and edit the main content
for the product. Usually this will be the product description and can
be anything from a simple line of text to a few paragraphs or even
more complex content such as embeded images, videos or widgets.
If you want to copy and paste content into a content area please
bear in mind that the copied content might bring across extra
unneeded html code that can bloat or even break your page layout,
to help get around this there are “paste as plain text” and “paste from
word” buttons in addition to the normal paste function.
There are two ways to upload and add images to a content area.
The first way is to use the method outlined below under Article
Media. The other way is to use the file browser. To open the file
browser, click the Insert/Edit Image button (the little tree on the
toolbar) then on the dialog box that pops up click the Browse button
to the right of the image url field. This will open the file browser
where you can upload images and then select them to add to into the
content area. Images uploaded thought the file browser are stored in
the data/images directory and are included with any backups you
make.
For advanced html editing you can click the html button on the
toolbar or toggle the editor toolbar off and edit the html code directly.
If the product is using a page template that has more than one
content area specified then additional content areas will be shown
here below the main content area. Each content area has it’s own
toolbar to allow you to easily format text.
Meta Description: This is used mainly to provide search engines
with a useful description of the page. Search engines will
sometimes use this text when displaying links to the page. Enter
one or two sentences with appropriate keywords but don’t just list
keywords.
Meta Keywords: Comma separate keywords and keyphrases in
this field to help search engines index your pages better. SEO wise
this is less important than the Meta Description. The cms search
feature will check against any keywords entered here and also
against the product name.
Weight: If you are using shipping options that calculate shipping
based on weight you will need to enter the product weight here
otherwise you can leave this blank.
Categories: Select which categories that you want this product to
appear in.
Product Media
Product Image: Use this to upload an image of the product. When
the product has been added you can modify it later and add more
images. Any images added to the product will be displayed in a
gallery on the products detail page. When modifying a product you
can also drag or copy the uploaded images into your content areas
and resize them as required.
Youtube Video ID: If you have a video of your product on Youtube
you can add it to the product page by entering the youtube video ID
here. Don’t enter the url or embed code here, just the video ID.
Product Options
You can add custom options for your product here. For example if
this product was available in red and blue colours you could add an
option called Colour with values Red and Blue. Modifiers can also be
applied to alter the products price or weight. Typically you should
provide at least two values for each option, the first value listed will
be selected by default. You can also drag and drop options to sort
their order. If you leave the value field blank the customer will enter
their own text for that option.
Product Display Options
Page Template: Select the page template that you want to use for
this product. Page templates are typically designed and uploaded by
a web developer and they determine the overall design and layout of
the page.
Related Products: You can select other products that are related to
this product here and if your product page is setup to show related
products they will be shown.
Advanced Product Settings
Product Behaviour: Usually you will want to leave this set to Add to
Cart. Set this to Info Only if you want to display the product without
add to cart buttons.
Product Note Form: Only enable this if you want to allow customers
to add a custom note when ordering the product. For example if you
are selling a product that can have a personal message or requires
more information specified by the customer.
File Upload: Only enable this if you want to allow the customer to
upload a file in relation to the product. For example if you were
selling a product with a custom printed image, the customer could
upload the file they want printed on the product.
Enquiry Form: Only enable this if you want to include an enquiry
form on the product page. In general it’s best not include this as it
can distract or delay customer from making a purchase but if you
need it for a particular product you can enable it here.
Subscription Period: If this product is subscription based enter the
subscription period here in days. Leave blank if the product is not
subscription based.
Subscribe to: You can tie a subscription to specific user groups.
When a customer has an active subscription they will be included in
any user groups that the subscription has set.
User Group Permissions
Select who can view this product. If you check “Everyone” then
anybody can view it. If you check “Registered Users“ then only
registered users who are logged in will be able to view it. You can
also setup custom user groups and only allow specific users access.
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